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Table 4 Demographic Characteristics and Parental Health Literacy

From: Parental health literacy and health knowledge, behaviours and outcomes in children: a cross-sectional survey

Parental Health Literacy and …

r

95% CI

N

Gender of Parent (1 = male, 2 = female)

.021

−.012, .054

3454

Age of Parent (in years)

.057b

.024, .09

3388

Number of Children

−.032

−.064, .000

3691

German Native Speaker

.022

−.01, .054

3612

Child with Chronic Condition or Disability

−.013

−.045, .019

3568

Socio-Economic Status of Household (based on parents’ education and income)

.088c

.052, .124

2844

Rural/Urban Location (1 = urban, 5 = rural)

−.025

−.057, .007

3684

East/West German Location (0 = East German, 1 = West German)

.064c

.032, .096

3691

  1. aSpearman’s Rho Correlation, significant at the .05 level (2-tailed)
  2. bSpearman’s Rho Correlation, significant at the .01 level (2-tailed)
  3. cSpearman’s Rho Correlation, significant at the .001 level (2-tailed)